"ch"

[richadm]

Today my MSWord 2002's formatting changed. My ruler now has numbers in "ch" rather than inches. I tried tools, options, general, measurement in "inches" but it didn't work. I'm using Windows XP, if that matters

Any ideas?

 

[SA]

rich:

Check the regional settings for Windows in the Regional Settings control
panel.
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Steve Arbaugh
MS Access MVP

Today my MSWord 2002's formatting changed. My ruler now has numbers in

"ch" rather than inches. I tried tools, options, general, measurement in
"inches" but it didn't work. I'm using Windows XP, if that matters.

 

[Beth Melton]

This a result of having a Far East/Asian language enabled.

You can rectify the issue using the following steps:

- In Word press ALT+F11 to open the VB Editor
- Press Ctrl + g to open an Immediate window
- Type or copy/paste the following in the Immediate window and press
Enter at the end of the line:

Options.UseCharacterUnit =False

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Today my MSWord 2002's formatting changed. My ruler now has numbers

in "ch" rather than inches. I tried tools, options, general,
measurement in "inches" but it didn't work. I'm using Windows XP, if
that matters.